Brunswick, ME jobs, layoffs and employers

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- Associate Attorney – Family Law & Criminal DefenseOrion Placement
- Procurement ManagerKBW Financial Staffing & Recruiting
- Senior ParalegalSpringborn Staffing
- Store Operations ManagerTractor Supply
Employers hiring most in Brunswick
- KBW Financial Staffing & Recruiting1 open role
- Orion Placement1 open role
- Springborn Staffing1 open role
- Tractor Supply1 open role
Brunswick layoffs
No layoff notices naming Brunswick in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Colleges in Brunswick
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Bowdoin College | Private non-profit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Job fairs and business events in Brunswick
Hiring events, career workshops and business events in Brunswick.
- Starting a businessNov 19, 2026 · Brunswick, ME · Free
CEI Business Legacy Lab: Buyer Readiness Workshop
SBDC / SBA partner: Coastal Enterprises, Inc.
Cumberland County outlook: Building
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 5.1% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 4.5% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 2.7%, up 0.1 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+6,562 jobs), management of companies (+2,098 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: finance & insurance (−1,915 jobs), manufacturing (−990 jobs)
Learn and get funded in Brunswick
- Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
- Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
- Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
- Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Brunswick. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Laid off in Maine? How to file for unemployment in Maine (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
- Coastal Counties Workforce Board
Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York
Southern Midcoast CareerCenter
Brunswick · Comprehensive · 207-623-7981
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday � 8:00am-5:00pm and Thursday 8:00am-12:00pm
Cumberland County economy
2.7%
unemployment, Sep 2026
2.6% the month before
178,277
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
305,940
people in Cumberland County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$92,983
median household income
Source: Census ACS
52%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: Layoff notices from Maine’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures. Maine unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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